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Games like Slime Buddy Time

If Slime Buddy Time is your kind of game, the closest matches are OnlyCats, CORGI & WOOLLY - Little Horizon - and Where is My Pet? — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Slime Buddy Time: Take care of your slime pet in a cozy world! Play minigames, level up, unlock cute items, and customize your buddy and its home. Keep up to 3 fluffy companions while you work or study. Relax, decorate, and enjoy adorable company—you won’t feel alone anymore.

2026IndieCasualEarly Access7.19 USDWindowsby Panda_Engine
Slime Buddy Time — Steam game cover

Players who liked Slime Buddy Time also play

Steam players who put hours into Slime Buddy Time also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. OnlyCats

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Pet cats, earn love, buy more cats. OnlyCats is a cozy incremental idle game where hovering over adorable pixel cats fills your coin and love stash. Unlock new cats, grow your collection, and discover more upgrades.

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. CORGI & WOOLLY - Little Horizon -

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    A little pasture in the corner of your desktop. A lively sheepdog herds sheep and plays beside you while you work or study. Your typing and mouse clicks help grow the flock and bring life to the pasture. A cozy desktop companion game that quietly keeps you company throughout the day.

    2026IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Where is My Pet?

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Where is My Pet? is a hidden object, sorting, and animal game! Run your cozy shelter: place animals, sell them to loving homes, upgrade your shelter, build your dream house, and search the city for pets. Can you turn a shabby shelter into a profitable business?

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Crunchy Bear: Dig Dig Pals

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Adopt a Crunchy Bear — it’s waiting to keep you company at work! Every time you press a key, Crunchy Bear taps along on your desk. Typing, clicking, gaming, or working — it all turns into little treasures for it to collect.

    2026Casual3.59 USDSteam ↗
  5. Boing Boing Animals

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Raise Tamagotchi-style pixel animal friends right on your desktop! Care for slimes from outer space and help them grow into bouncy 'Boing Boing' Earth animals. Feed and play with your adorable friends while completing the Codex! Your tiny companions will always be by your side.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Little Ghosties

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Little Ghosties is a cozy idle desktop companion game where adorable ghosts live inside a terrarium on your desktop. Hatch, raise, and collect unique ghosts as they grow from eggs into fully grown adult ghosts.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  7. Pet Cross

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Pet Cross is a chill, pet-themed puzzle game where you break blocks to make pictures, inspired by Picross/Nonograms. Use the numbered hints to solve the puzzles at your own pace and reveal the picture underneath! Unlock animal buddies who cheer you on and give you hints.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. Maneki Mania

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Slime Buddy Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Pet the lucky cat, spin the charm slots and chase the golden koban jackpot. Maneki Mania is a kawaii fortune shrine where you unlock lucky charms, grow your luck and watch the gold pile up. Cute on the outside, casino on the inside.

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Slime Buddy Time at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Slime Buddy Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Slime Buddy Time.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Slime Buddy Time.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Slime Buddy Time

How much does Slime Buddy Time cost?
Slime Buddy Time is listed on Steam at 7.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Slime Buddy Time?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slime Buddy Time are OnlyCats, CORGI & WOOLLY - Little Horizon -, Where is My Pet?.
Who developed Slime Buddy Time?
Slime Buddy Time was developed by Panda_Engine.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Slime Buddy Time.

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